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Financial planning

The savings and investment industry has reacted positively to the New Zealand Gov-ernment’s anti tax avoidance measure on contributions to employer superannuation funds....

Financial planning

The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) needs to in-crease its membership to a least 1,600, if it is to become a truly effective, independent bod...

Financial planning

Wrap account fees are set to become more expensive following the introduction of the GST....

Policy & Regulation

With any strategy or transaction undertaken by a financial adviser on behalf of a client, consideration must be given to the anti-avoidance rules of the Income Tax Assess...

Financial planning

Wrap account fees are set to become more expensive following the introduction of the GST....

Financial planning

The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) has launched a Web site in an attempt to lift the profile of the organisation....

Financial planning

Joe Hockey’s office is likely to be bombarded with reams and reams of responses to the federal government’s draft CLERP 6 legislation....

Financial planning

Most dealers make every effort to comply with both the spirit and the requirements of the law. The smartest ones seek to use their compliance behaviour as a competitive a...

Financial planning

New Zealand’s Labour government has back-tracked on its pre-election promise to introduce an income tax funded superannuation fund in the face of parliamentary op-positio...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is claiming a “partial victory” on the issue of commission disclosure as outlined in the Financial Services Reform Bill (CLERP...

Financial planning

New Zealand’s retail funds management industry suffered a slowdown in growth during the December 1999 quarter according to the latest IPAC market share report....

Financial planning

January 1, 2001 has been slated as implementation date for CLERP 6 changes....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry is ready for today's release of CLERP 6, according to KPMG’s Peter Hutley....

Policy & Regulation

Financial planners are in the midst of a tax revolution. The revolution means that a tax-effective structure or strategy used by a financial planner or accountant six mon...

Financial planning

What do you think of the Government’s proposals to include assets held in private trusts and private companies as part of the means test for the age pension?...

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